Heritage in the news

John Acton Wroth was born in Ipswitch, England, and in 1848 this educated young man was convicted of forging an order for various fashionable goods to try and impress a young lady named Elvina Gartlett. Sentenced to 10 years as a transported convict, Wroth arrived in the Swan River Colony in 1851 aboard the Mermaid.

The State Government will invest $8 million to develop the Living Knowledge Centre at Murujuga National Park on the Burrup Peninsula.
A further $1 million per year will be spent on the ongoing joint management of the area with the traditional owners.

Gail McGowan has been appointed Director General of the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage (DPLH).
Ms McGowan was the interim Director General who oversaw the amalgamation of the former departments of Planning, Lands, State Heritage Office and the Aboriginal lands and the heritage functions of the Department of Aboriginal Affairs into DPLH.

Representatives from the newly formed Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage (DPLH) attended the recent 2017 WA Local Government Convention & Trade Exhibition. The conference bought together several hundred senior Local Government Council representatives from across the State.

Gallop House, overlooking the Swan River at Dalkeith, is one of the State’s oldest farms and residences.
Following an extensive conservation project by the National Trust, the distinctive two-storey limestone house and grounds have a new role, becoming home to talented musicians as part of a national composer-in-residence program.

The Historical Panoramas: Perth and Fremantle website will open your eyes to new ways of viewing the two cities’ past and present.
In effect, it’s a bit like a web time machine that allows visitors to take a trip through the decades to witness Perth and Fremantle over a period of almost 150 years.

Few people have left such a vast legacy of their work in WA as architect-priest Monsignor John Hawes who designed many buildings, particularly in the Mid West.
And now people can find out more about the man and his many achievements through the new $3 million Monsignor Hawes Heritage Centre.

In her six years' as the Chair of the Heritage Council, Marion Fulker is credited with pushing the boundaries and helping re-define heritage in WA.
As a relative newcomer to the heritage sector she was able to see the industry with a fresh pair of eyes and help people re-think the role of heritage in Western Australia.

The East Perth Cemeteries along Plain Street are the final resting place for some 10,000 Western Australians from the earliest days of the colony and from all walks of life, settlers and pioneers, rich and poor.
And in 2016, the cemeteries were the venue for a unique musical project, Sound from the Ground, that explored the stories and lives of those buried there.